5000 Bags Of Poisonous Sugar Stolen In Mombasa

The Police Commander said seven people have already been arrested in connection with the disappearance of the 5,000 bags of sugar.

The disappearance of the sugar raises questions over the safety of Kenyans even after the government announced of the fight against contraband goods in the country.

It is not yet clear the businessman the 5,000 bags of stolen sugar belonged to but the police say they are pursuing “crucial” leads.

The contraband sugar adds to the list of many other counterfeits that have flooded the Kenyan market, with most of them being consumables.

Stats show that over 76 percent of goods that Kenyans are consuming are counterfeits with corruption being a major hindrance in the fight against the menace.

Kenya’s Sugar Sector

Kenya’s sugar sector is on its deathbed. Almost all public factories in the country are in an economic coma with no hope of seeing the light of the next day.

Mumias Sugar Company and Nzoia Sugar are among the ailing sugar factories in Kenya with whom the government holds a majority of shares.

The government pledged to bring Mumias Sugar Company from the woods but the more the days pass by, the more the factory sinks into an unknown future.

Plans are underway to privatise all the government-owned sugar factories in Kenya.